After a discount of 10%, the price of a jacket, including tax, is $70.79. The following equation can be used to find x, the price of the jacket without the discount.

x - 0.1x + 0.06(x - 0.1x) = 70.79

What is the price of the jacket without the discount?

Question

After a discount of 10%, the price of a jacket, including tax, is $70.79. The following equation can be used to find x, the price of the jacket without the discount.

x - 0.1x + 0.06(x - 0.1x) = 70.79

What is the price of the jacket without the discount?

anonymous · Answer

x - 0.1x + 0.06(x - 0.1x)
= 0.9x + 0.06x - 0.06*0.1x
= 0.954x
0.954x = 70.79

Solve for x.

anonymous · Answer

i'm trying to find the  price of the jacket without the discount

anonymous · Answer

Yeah, solve for x in the above equation and you'll find the original price.

If 0.954x = 70.79, then what does x (the original price of the jacket) equal?